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Phranka

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yeah beside the good old "Sinterklaas" there are his working-buddies

"Zwarte Pieten" like uhmm Zwart = Black and Pieten (Piet; actually a name) are like helpers.

so the term would be "Black Helpers"

;)

Some people consider "Sinterklaas" a racist :p cause he makes black people work for him.. :p

 
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Ravynlee

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Well there y'go - how amazing is that? Funny you say that, the pic reminds me of the African American skits that used to be prevalent through mainstream TV/entertainment way back in the day of B&W. Anyone remember the 'Golliwogs?' Essentially it was, as I remember it, white actors who'd make themselves up to be black and poke fun in a comedic way on their life as slaves in the corn fields and so forth - very racist by todays standards, but that's what that pic reminded me of. How poigniant is that?

Wow, thanks Phranks! I'm learning everyday!

(I believe that the day I stop learning is the day I die - and he who knows it 'all' will move on to the next stage of his spiritual enlightenment... that's just a pearl of wisdom from my messed up psyche *wink*)

And Viking; no sweat. It's all good. Though, I had to laugh at what you said. Made me sound like I'm a vicious b*tch or something... erm, not to say I'm not, just... ahaha... yeah... funny anyway! XD

But as for telling me what I want to hear? Only on occasion. But you're not a yes-drone or lapdog, you actually do have your own opinions and don't just regurgitate others, so technically you're not strange. No stranger than anyone else I'm assuming (broad generalisation, of course :p ) If you didn't have the ability to hold an independant thought in your own head and were still telling people what they wanted to hear; then you'd need therapy. Pretty sure of it. But no sweat my friend. You're about as sane as me... no wait, that prolly came out wrong! *laughs*

Ahhh, it's all good! (Gah! Stop saying that! **** you Robert!) *shakes fist in teh general direction of the Pacific coast or thereabouts*

Well, relatively short post today. Will be back on board later with an update, you better bet your nelly on it. *raises a brow* (Nelly? Hmm. Maybe I need therapy... no wait, I just had it... yeah twice... -oops! Did I just say that aloud?!? *looks paranoid*) :rolleyes:

TC & TTYL,

-Rav

 

Friðbjörn

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And Viking; no sweat. It's all good. Though, I had to laugh at what you said. Made me sound like I'm a vicious b*tch or something... erm, not to say I'm not, just... ahaha... yeah... funny anyway! XDBut as for telling me what I want to hear? Only on occasion. But you're not a yes-drone or lapdog, you actually do have your own opinions and don't just regurgitate others, so technically you're not strange. No stranger than anyone else I'm assuming (broad generalisation, of course :p ) If you didn't have the ability to hold an independant thought in your own head and were still telling people what they wanted to hear; then you'd need therapy. Pretty sure of it. But no sweat my friend. You're about as sane as me... no wait, that prolly came out wrong! *laughs*

Ahhh, it's all good! (Gah! Stop saying that! **** you Robert!) *shakes fist in teh general direction of the Pacific coast or thereabouts*
oh I'm sorry if it came out the wrong way, it was supposed to mean I didn't want to insult you cause I consider you a good friend of mine :)

Well that's actually true, but I still do tend to tell people what they want to hear

I guess it's from all the **** I've gotten from saying my opinion through the years...I can actually remember a school day in 2nd grade where this all started lol...kinda silly

well if I'm not strange I'm at least peculiar, eccentric at best :p

but lol what's that about a Robert and Pacific coast and what not lol

 

Pheonix791989

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dont worry about therepy rav, some of us have had it at some point or another (looks around guitily) ne wayz glad to see yr still around and havin fun
 

Ravynlee

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Hey, 'sup?

Um... been a few days so thought I'd best mosey back on in (sounds like a re-run of Bonanza *starts humming the tune then cracks a darkie when it gets stuck in her head - Gah!*)

Well... not that much to report on the front mon capitan. About four nights ago we had an unoffical gift-giving thing at work. Basically the big bosses of the restaurant flew interstate and with the bosses we work with gave us all $20 gift vouchers just to say thanks for working hard and that. That was totally unexpected and very cool. Well, the bonus for me is that after a miscalculation on their part they ended up with two extra vouchers, so after a quick confab Amity (the American waitress who now lives in Australia) got one for the front of house and I got one, representing the kitchen staff. Not bad for a dishie-come-desert chef, 'eh? *cheers self vociferously - a pathetic riot of one, watchout!* Well, that was super-sweet anyway. So I got $40, that was a nice Xmas bonus. Boss gave a little speach and everything, called me 'The backbone of his kitchen' in front of everyone... was chuffed. Still am. Nice! *big stoopid grin*

Hmm. What else?

Done my Xmas shopping for another year. Sat on the floor listening to Korn (another Xmas present to myself - my excuse for staying in the proverbial festive spirit; spoil myself first - bah-humbug - and I'm just waiting to be visited by ghosts this Xmas eve, too, you watch...) and wrapping it all up this morning before gym while the cats laid around and watched me like I was doing something unworthy of distracting their napping time. Hmfph! They're just jealous cause they don't have opposable thumbs and couldn't get in on the action - funny thing to see though - cats wrapping presents. Ever seen a cat with stickytape on their paws? Funny as **** - they hate it, like cats walking on the moon - sends 'em funny too - *ahem* but I discourage such behaviour. Pretend I'm typing this external inner-monologue quietly so my cats can't see what I'm saying... I'm not paranoid! I'm crazy, your honour but... what was I talking about again? Oh yeah... Commercialism in December. Yay, lets get into debt and sing about it. :rolleyes:

Spent nearly $1000 throughout the year on pressies for family and friends and I looked at the pile today and just went *meh* It so doesn't look like it. *** **** I hate Xmas. Make me Queen and I shall dispatch of this commercial nonsense once and for all! *uh-hu - Dishies power trip. See what $40 can do? Sponsor me and watch the insanity grow... oi... :rolleyes: *

Anyways. Had the handiman come around today and put 3 smoke alarms in. I've been living in this old house with weird wiring and no smoke alarms (they're not compulsory until 2007 if you can believe that BS) for a year now, just over a year, and now I feel safe and simultaneously worried that I'm tempting fate. Hope they (the fates or just general ruffians) don't see this as me issuing a challenge to set my house on fire *touch wood! Touch wood dagnammit!* to test the theory that I spent $50 and will prolly sleep through the damned things anyway. *sigh* When did I get so cynical? Maybe I was born with it? Maybe it's Maybeline? *laughs*

Sheesh... on a roll tonight, huh? Hmmm.

Heard from Jammer again tonight after work. It p*sses me off sometimes, dare I put it like that. I love her cause she's my friend (and *** knows I have many acquaintences, but so few true friends) but the only time I ever really hear from her is when she wants something. A while ago when that 'incident' happened with my kinda 'brother-in-law' I really wanted someone to talk to but she was never there. She still really isn't. She rang me last week upset and I spent a lot of money trying to cheer her up, then she disappears again til the next crisis. I feel like a sap. And what makes matters worse is the constant state of competition between us - this conversation is going to rile me up and send me down a path I don't wanna go right now, I'm too happy (hot though - summer Downunder - oi!) so I'm just gonna stop now. Hmm.

Haven't played Sims in over a month - but I miss it. Just not enough hours in the day anymore. Been back at Gym almost a full week and I feel SO much better for it. Lost nearly 3 kg's in a week! How swish is that?! And it's all thanks to a new weights reigeime my trainer put me on. I'm halving my cardio sessions and upping the weight reps, so I'm toning up which is finally nice to see. I like having a little definition. After nearly 30 years of being morbidly obese I'm finally starting to appreciate what I see in the mirror now - so that's good. Hey, I don't like to rush things aparently. *shrugs* :D

Well, have ranted enough for now. *sigh* Might go again. Keep writing my fic. It's no way near as heartwarming as Phi's latest offerings. Mine is quite intense - Rob and the rest of the band dealing with his 'accidental' infidelities with Mike's wife and the child now gestating within her womb because of it. Very harsh stuff... heavy too. Emotionally sapping sometimes, but I like drama. I like all sorts. This is my current phase. I'll move on when I get bored, and that's a certainty.

Well, take care and talk again soon. Don't know who's listening but it's been fun talking to myself for the past half hour. I should be used to it. Hmm. Probably.

-Rav

 

Friðbjörn

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cats with stickytape :p

that really cracked me up XD

but woah 3 kg in one week??? that's a lot

and unless you're like 300 kg (lol!) which I don't think you are, that might be too much I think...at least if you lose 3 kg every week...

but hey it's good to be fit, but as you of course know, you're great the way you are. I am, I'm great :D nah jk that was (puts in a random english word that seems to fit) of me... oh hey I guess atrocious could fit in there...ah **** I have no idea what that means lol

I'll stop now

 

Pheonix791989

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its good to hear your doing good. as far as the cats with tape..... my dogs are just like that too. happy christmas to you. I'm gonna take over the world wanna join? you and fribby and vash can be my generals. XD I'm planning on doing it with ductape and glitterbombs. I'm glad your having a good time at work.

phi

 
lmao, that cat thing was funny. My cat acidentally stepped on stickey tape...it was so funny. Ahhh and once when she was a kitten she stuck her head in an empty tissue box...EVEN FUNNIER THAN THE STICKEY TAPE.

Anyway, yay for christmas bonus! Although, it's probably go into present buying ><

Such an expensive time of the year...not for me though ^^

Sounds like your weight loss is going good.

ttyl ^^

 

Ravynlee

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Yuh, thanks to all for posting. Feel semi-loved. *awww*

Cat with head in tissue box - classic! - Maybe the advertisers can use that idea and flog the image on a commercial or something... *laughs* Anways...

Not much to rant about today. What the-?!? True. It's hot, as always, I'm tired, got called in to work on my night off again (4rth week in a row practically) and given that I only had half hour's 'sleep' (if you can call it that) the night before, I was not in a good way for much of the night. Had a Red Bull and I perked up again. Bless Red Bull. *hugs can to chest dotingly*

Hmm. And I thought my Rob obsession was unhealthy... well... we won't argue that one for now...

Jammer showed up at seven this morning. 4 hours sleep I had. I'm so buggered I was almost throwing up this morning - that's just dumb. But thankfully Xmas is almost over so I can get back to my normal routine. Gym is shut for a few days *sob* but I guess I'll manage.

Was up til late again last night, winding down after work as one does, and was playing around with the Hebrew script you see there in my av. Reason I rationalised it to myself - for my story. Real reason I did it - cause it looks pretty. Plus I was working more on the CoB logo competition so I wanted something different and decided to utilize a Jewish theme for obvious reasons. After studying art almost all of my life I can't just create for the sake of creating, I've been taught that everything you create should have purpose, no matter how insignificant, so I tend to use this with my sigs or avs, even down to the choice of colours - (think 'Picasso') - so there you go.

A little insight into the mouth of madness. Which is also a trippy movie. Speaking of which, saw Robbie Williams' clip for his single 'Tripping' while I was at gym yesterday. No, day before. Even though I was sweating it out on the rower and was bopping away as one does to KoRn on my mp3 player, I watched this clip and laughed so hard I was breathless, um, more breathless than from just exercising. Mad. Insane even. Loved it. Wow, managed to go from a John Carpenter movie, English Rocker and ancient arcaic script in one (arguably) fluid paragraph. Wow. *bug eyes*

My head is literally (?!?) all over the place at the moment - can you not tell? Raises an interesting point - when isn't it? Hmm... that's deep.

Well, all's well. As for the weight thing - still plodding along. Was 110kg this time in 2003. Was around 89kg this time last year. Two days ago I was 69kg. That's 151.8 pounds I just calculated. (http://www.escapeartist.com/Conversions/Kilograms_Pounds.html) Should I ever need to do so again... So, collectively I've gone from 242 pounds to 151, so that's cool. Chuffed even - I've always been the fat kid that no one picked for sports and boys didn't look at and who used to hide away in the library by herself cause she didn't have many freinds. Well, a few years on and not much has really changed, except I'm just older and don't go to the library much anymore *laughs* That, and I'm almost half the gal I used to be, so that's a nice feeling. I'll get there. And I can proudly say that LP has helped me do this. The music inspires me. But then I guess the guys hear stories like that all the time. Kudos to them. Hmm. What else?

Nothing really. The Xmas rort is almost over for another year, thank ***. 2 days to go and I'm almost counting down the hours. Man I hate this time of year - everything's so chaotic it makes me wanna retch! *laughs* (Say that in a drunken Homer Simpson voice and it sounds funnier than it actually is :D )

Have a meeting at work @ 4 this arvo. Someone's gonna get fired, I just know it. Maybe. *meh* Saw my brother and his fiance yesterday and my little nephew Kaleb for the second time this year. That was sweet. Very chuffed. They bought me a microwave for Xmas - I'm chuffed still. My washing machine blew up last night (there goes my chuffness - ?!?) - maybe I should have had the foresight to ask another relative for one of those *grumbles under breath* Anyway, I'll just have to use the washer at work for now til I can afford to fix this one some time in the new year. Son of a motherless goat. *pulls a mean Rob-murdering-his-drumkit-face* :mad: *laughs* Who knew one icon could capture the essence so succinctly?

Ahhh well, enough ranting. For having nothing to say I still manage to draw it out, as freakin' usual. *sigh* I have to keep reminding myself I'm not at the other thread now (usual stomping ground) and slathering drool everywhere and carrying on like a twit half my age - as fun as that can be at times. Ah, good times, good times.

Well, take care anyone who's reading this (apart from me. How pathetic I actually get a laugh out of my own jokes - so much for the therapy sessions! :rolleyes: ) Take care. Oh, and for the **** of it, I'm gonna post this;

(Consider it an early Xmas present to myself - still! - But unlike my usual splurges this little gem won't leave me with buyer's remorse... or... will it?)

http://www.offtopic.forum/data/MetaMirrorCache/dcb1f27d8fd98cc35d0f77e09ebbf546.jpg

Got it at LPU 2 days ago. Almost soiled myself silly (it could happen) when I saw it for obvious reasons which I won't go into... *distant dreamy sigh*

I'm such a girl. *meh* Talk to y'all laterz!

-Rav :D

-End transmission-

 

Friðbjörn

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okay I'm confused (lol I almost wrote "okay I'm Christmas" XD you have no idea how much it made me laugh :p so you're not alone in laughing at your own jokes :thumbsup: ) is it Christmas already in Aus?
 

Ravynlee

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2 days to go and I'm almost counting down the hours.
No it's the 23rd. 11:39am to be exact. But the rush on the street would make one think it was the day, for sure. *raises eyebrows* Shopping rage chaos.

And we're only like 10 hours ahead of most ppl so in two days, technically, on your Xmas eve it will be Xmas here. I think. :confused:

My bro and his crew came through on their way home to vist our parents. I can't be home for xmas seeing as how I have to work and all. That's why I got the visit yesterday - they're en route so to speak. Jammer visited cause... I dunno. Nothing to do with spreading Xmas cheer though.

Hmm. :)

 

Friðbjörn

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No it's the 23rd. 11:39am to be exact. But the rush on the street would make one think it was the day, for sure. *raises eyebrows* Shopping rage chaos.And we're only like 10 hours ahead of most ppl so in two days, technically, on your Xmas eve it will be Xmas here. I think. :confused:
ah okay, you do the whole thing on Christmas morning? I see.

Cause where I live, everything's on Christmas eve. Christmas morning's usually just a time to relax with your family (and play with your new toys lol)

Which makes it fairly possible that you and I open presents or something at the same time lol

 

Ravynlee

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Viking - No Xmas morning we have the whole Xmas kit and kaboodle. Xmas eve we all get to open one present each *rolls eyes* *** knows why but it's tradition aparently.

Rusu - No rant my **** *laughs* - an accurate observation! But did you read it? Kudos and kisses if you did, talk to my hand *groan* if you didn't. (**** I hate that saying so freakin' much - so why did I use it? Boredom, plain and simple. *nods* Can't argue with logic I suppose).

Woody - *hugs* Yeah it says 11:41 when I posted but it was 11:39 as I typed it, ipso-facto, I was technically correct. Ipso-facto; gotta love Dodgeball the movie. Ipso-facto this is just a weird hyphenated word that makes me sound more intelligent than I actually am. Ipso-facto - you talk to much Ravyn. Shut up, girl, sheesh! *sigh*

SS1 - my rants entertaning? *grins* Um... to me at least. To anyone else is a matter of opinion. But thanks anyways. I'm sure your head and my head prolly look similar on the inside anyway - well, theoretically on a biological level we know they do at least. Hmm. Gross thought. Too much medical shows on TV means I don't need to use my imagination anymore - I know what the human anatomy consists of and it aint sugar and spices, that's for sure.

Viking (again, cause you're special *aww*) - And opening our pressies at the same time? *strikes a thoughtful pose* Now that does make me smile. Trippy. I'll be thinkin about that now as I open my pressies Xmas morning. *big grins*

Merry Xmas LPFers. Have a safe one. *tackle hugs* (and that's a safe practice is it?? Hmm. Okay, squeeze-, Big Bourdie Bear- no, nice gentle hugs, that's the ticket). Take care guys. Hope the jolly fat man, who lives in isolation and endorses the slave trade with an ethnic minority who he doesn't pay, with a history of animal cruelty, a penchant for overeating, questionable fashion sense, a known history of luring strange children to him like the pied piper of Hamelyn with gifts of presents and lollies, and a history of breaking and entering that is nothing short of a global epidemic, (it's no wonder with that attitude of Santa that he doesn't visit anymore - used to when I was a kid or so my mum tells me. Hmfph!) brings you what you want. If he doesn't, sue him. Take the Nike mentality and just do it. *laughs* Ahh, *** bless the age of litigation *shakes head cynically*

And where's my Xmas spirit in all this I hear you ask? Short answer - I drank it. :D The hangover's gonna be murder! *cackles*

Take care guys, TTYL,

-Rav

 

Friðbjörn

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lol kaboodle? what's that :p

I'm special? thanks :D

and I know for a fact I will be directing my thoughts to Aus when I start unwrapping like insane :p

but lol you got Santa all figured out XD

 
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